Tejiri Ebikeme
A group, the Host Communities Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM), Ijaw Chapter, Delta State, has thrown its weight behind the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan and Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as President and Governor of Delta State, saying they have people friendly agenda for Nigerians and Deltans.
In a statement in Warri, the Chairman of the group, Comrade Kingsley Ikiere said having carefully studied the manifestos of President Jonathan/Sambo and Senator Okowa/Barrister Kingsley Otuaro, he decided to support President Jonathan/Sambo and the Delta State PDP Governorship candidate, Senator Okowa and his running mate, Barrister Otuaro, promising to work for their success at the February general elections.
Pleading to work for President Jonathan, Okowa and Otuaro’s victory in the forthcoming general polls, Ikiere said, “The HOSTCOM group has scrutinized all the candidates presented by various political parties; we have looked at their manifestos to see how Nigerians and Deltans will reap the dividends of democracy and decided to back the PDP.”
According to the group, the agenda of PDP which include strategic wealth creation, projects and provision of jobs for all, meaningful peace building platforms aimed at political/social stability, Agricultural reforms and accelerated industrialization, Relevant health and educational policies and transformed environment through urban renewal was people-oriented.
While saying that Senator Okowa and his running mate, Barrister Otuaro have the most impressive and people friendly agenda for the common people of Delta state, the Ijaw HOSTCOM boss, implored all Nigerians and indeed Deltans to come out enmasse and vote for all PDP candidates in the February polls.
He also called on Deltans to go out there and collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), saying it was their power to make the changes that they have been clamouring for and bring prosperity to all Nigerians and Deltans.
